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gpowerf

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This is my social account, I'll discuss some work stuff but will mostly toot about video games, tech, retro computing, and cars (specially EVs and 4x4s).

#Linux I don't use Arch BTW.
#Latino #British #Venezuela

Gaming on various old system from 2600 onwards, and a Steam Deck and XBox Series S.

Best superhero: Scrooge McDuck

Locations: #UK and #Philippines

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gpowerf, to CASIO
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It's a bit flashy, but I'm digging this all white look.

ChrisPirillo, to random
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only true bounty hunters can spot the problem, here

only true bounty hunters can spot the problem, here

gpowerf,
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@ChrisPirillo the head to body ratio is wrong? Her head looks colossal!

gpowerf,
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@ChrisPirillo darn, I was so sure! Perhaps it is the angle :D

gpowerf, to retrocomputing
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Is anyone planning to get ?

I have a couple of s and a . I like them a lot! But I don't know if I want to collect any more mini PCs given my lack of space.

gpowerf, to gaming
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Again, I played . I'm on my second play thru. I played it with the excellent T4 Pro. I'm happy to concede that this is probably not a good game, but like on it is a bad game that I've clicked with, and I love playing it!

Do you love any bad games?

The gorgeous T4 Pro all lit up with LEDs
My childhood Karate Kid cart

gpowerf, to gaming
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Tonight, I played , which seems very cool! I'll be putting more time into it before a Steam review.

I also played , and now I can play as the lead character's sister, which is weird as now my goal is to rescue my kidnapped self.

Twilight Oracle screenshot showing the colourful art style and a beach.

gpowerf, to gaming
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I started playing Escape Lala II, and it's a nice little adventure. I'm only a few minutes it but it is interesting!

gpowerf, to gaming
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Little Mermaid long play. I captured this many years ago.

PS: This is a phenomenal game. An easier shooter with charming graphics. https://youtu.be/cEpZktb6fnE?si=xDfTT5YiN-3MsBDV

gpowerf, to retrogaming
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I played through for . This is such a great platform game, and it is absolutely my favourite of all time.

Medium difficulty, and I didn't aim to get to the better ending. I just wanted to get through quickly.

gpowerf, to everdrive
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Earlier this morning I had some fun with Duck Tales and real hardware. I used my childhood NTSC , a , and an to enjoy . The Duck Tales cart was dirty, so used the Everdrive instead.

Photo of Duck Tales running
The Retrotink 2X Mini in purple.

Hunter, to random
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I think carving a tunnel through a 2400 year old tree and then charging people money to drive a car through it sums up US culture better than anything else

gpowerf,
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@Hunter for full context tunnel trees were mostly created in the late 1800s to early 1900s, Chandelier Tree is an exception in that the tunnel was cut in the late 1930s.

Needless to say the tunnels were terrible for live trees, and tunnel trees have fallen due to the tunnels, including the famous Wawona Tree.

Other tunnel trees have been carved on already fallen or dead trees too.

Pioneer Cabin Tree with people and horse passing through before the era of the automobile sometime in the 1860s to 1890s.
Tunnel tree made from a dead tree.

gpowerf, to random
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Barely 12 hours after the shutdown of major Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu, replacements began surfacing online | GamesRadar+
https://www.gamesradar.com/barely-12-hours-after-the-shutdown-of-major-nintendo-switch-emulator-yuzu-replacements-began-surfacing-online/

gpowerf, to gaming
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I'm impressed, is a pretty decent game that reminds me a lot of the originals. I'm liking this!

ruari, to random
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Ok can I get a quick from everyone? I'm curious about the range of timepieces here.

Take a picture of your watch right now and say what it is. I'll start, Armitron Griffy.

Boosts appreciated.

gpowerf,
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@ruari slightly more complete off wrist view.

gpowerf,
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@kev @ruari the Vostok was my attempt to create someone Nemo would wear. As for the white dial Duro, I got it on Ebay, and they are not common because it's the only one I've seen.

PS: yes, Orient Mako, heavily used and very faded and scratched bezel.

CultureDesk, (edited ) to food
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Restaurants in America are in crisis because they can't hire and retain qualified workers. To stave off oblivion, restaurateurs are exploring options like replacing tipping with mandatory service fees, reducing waitstaff in favor of counter ordering, and dynamic pricing, where you pay more or less according to demand. Business Insider's food reporter Corey Mintz delves into the issues, concluding: "The fundamental problem is that restaurants have long mistreated their workers. So when many veteran employees had a chance to get out of the industry during the pandemic, they did." Which of these solutions would you be prepared to swallow?

https://flip.it/5deQ6c

gpowerf,
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@CultureDesk I vote for not mistreating their workers. This might mean very big changes to the service industry end to end.

nixCraft, to linux
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gpowerf,
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@nixCraft One of my go-to guys for PC hardware knowledge runs Windows exclusively. He owns a PC building business in the Philippines... but it puzzles me too, Windows is such a painful experience and I avoid it at all costs.

ChrisPirillo, to random
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ui versus ux

gpowerf,
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@ChrisPirillo You nearly killed me 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

gpowerf, to random
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I don't know why I got so many watches over the years. But I did!!!

gpowerf,
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@darth this is the closest thing I have to a silver A700W 😁

gpowerf,
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@darth the basic digital non-G-Shocl ones are still a bargain. 👍

gpowerf,
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@darth I still love them 😄 but prices have gone up and up and up... the little F91Ws and similar are still hugely affordable and more comfortable.

gpowerf, to random
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I'm divided. I don't know if I like these ID Buzz vans or not. Maybe a Transit Custom or Transporter is nicer... 🤷‍♂️

gpowerf, to InitialD
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Four games that blew me away when I first played them: and the systems where I experienced them.

  1. Seaquest -
  2. Ferrari 355 Challenge - /
  3. Red Dead Redemption II -
  4. Donkey Kong - /

Share some of your all-time greats if you wish :)

F355 speeding down the track on F355 Challenge
Cowboy riding a pinto looking amazing
Just the best game of all time, Donkey Kong running on NES/Famicom

gpowerf,
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@gnemmi Yar's Revenge is PHENOMENAL! So is River Raid, both are amazing games.

In terms of Zelda the one that most blew me away was Minish Cap. WOW! To this day one of the most memorable games I've played.

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